Date:	2006-05-03 16:36
Subject:	ceroc and enviromental optics
Security:	Public
Mood:	indescribable

Joy of joys back to the old studying again. 8 exams this time , 4 written and 4 practical. Oh and a viva somewhere along the line.

Last night I went along to Ceroc dancing which is modern jive, just cos I fancied doing something completely different. Somewhat daunting going cos I went by myself but everyone very friendly and happy to cope with my 2 left feet and complete lack of rhythm.
Anyone fancy chumming me next week is more than welcome - tuesday nights at Jumpin jaks 7.30ish, and  as I have proven, no coordination neccessary.

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Date:	2006-04-10 12:04
Subject:	meep meep
Security:	Public
Mood:	accomplished

Yeehah

Have just got my dissertation printed and bound today ..very satisfying :D
Off up to Laggan with the 'rents on wed to get out of the Glasgow smog and get some skiing in. Lots of powder snow at Glencoe and Nevis Range so things are looking up.

Only two weeks of uni left EVER. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggghhhhhhh

owww my eyes are sore. they have been poked and prodded all day today (sunday) so scottish optometrists can pass certain competencies and offer everyone free eye tests from april. but i got paid £50 for the privelige so im not complaining.

in other news dissertation is essentially finished which is nice but have a presentation to give on monday, coursework deadlines on 2nd and 7th and a class test on 7th too :S and then the exams start!

but hooray we can sit in the pub now and not be smelly from smoke so its all good.

right im off to watch wallace and gromit, yaaas :D

3 exciting things are happening or have happened this weekend

1) Roz and I have booked our Botswana/Zambia july jaunt of jolly giraffes

2) The Turin Winter Olympics have begun! I will be glued to the box watching the snow and ice

3) Adult gig @ ABC saturday night...yaaaaaaaaaas!!

Date:	2006-01-22 12:50
Subject:	YAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS
Security:	Public
Mood:	chipper

Exams are all over and Lynsey is a happy bunny :D
This fact was underlined by a night out of silly shenanigans with the lovely Roz last night.
I am now available for all manner of antics and tomfoolery instead of being a boring fart stuck at my desk like wot I have been recently. Bring on the social life!

Date:	2006-01-05 16:01
Subject:
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Mood:	cranky

tomorrow: optometry practical
monday: contact lenses practical
thursay: binocular vision written
friday (13th!): binocular vision practical
thursday: contact lenses written
friday: dispensing practical
saturday: alchyhol!

Date:	2006-01-02 20:25
Subject:	The Fear
Security:	Public
Mood:	blah

Am getting concerned.

Usually by this time as exams approach i am in full study mode as I am generally cacking it that I will fail. however my exams start in 4 days time but The Fear has not yet overcome me...ergo i have done heehaw for them :S
however everything is not lost, i have only 2 written ones to study for and theyre on the 12th and 19th...am telling myself i can't study for the others!
So if anyone has handy hints as to how to rid myself of optic apathy i would be most appreciative.

In other news...why can't i attract nice boys that don't send mixed msgs or arn't over their ex's?! aaagh. think i shall become a nun.

how (and why) do all these girls do it? i wore high heels on a night out for the first time ever last night and have completely mutilated my feet. still, i didn't stoop so low as taking them off and carrying them! i'm a classy burd. i have principles!

yesterday i reached the ripe old age of 21. its all downhill from here. went back to the 'burgh on fri and saw harry potter in the posh recliner seats with mum and dad at the dominion following a healthy dose of MSG and cholesterol at a chinese restaurant.
granny visiting on the saturday then back thru to weedgieland for a lovely meal at Noah in the merchant city with 11 folk. nearly got away with a ridiculously cheap meal as they forgot to add the main courses onto the bill but sadly realised when putting my card thru. bugger! more folk joined in at Babbity Bowster then onto the abc. somewhere in the middle kerry lost her purse and i burst into tears for no apparent reason, probably due to a combination of PMT and wine! all was resolved with another drink.

staggered more because of the stupid shoes than alcohol back home and greeted the morning with one fucker of a headache. ach well, was to be expected!

phew! am sitting getting high from the glue fumes as I try to stick new soles onto my shoes...wheeeeeee....

Today was good...went to paisley hospital and sat in on cataract surgery. get to scrub up and everything!
watched the patients getting anaesthetic injected behind their eye then the surgeons make incisions into their corneas, liquidise the lens and hoover it out then put an implant in in its place! was well cool. the patients are awake while its happening :)

had a great contact lens clinic too and fitted my classmate with soft lenses.

have been offered my pre-reg with black and lizars in milngavie so very chuffed :) and as i don't start til aug have got time to do some skiing in new zealand first! hooray :D

got a new storm watch from my granny for my birthday is all shiny and silver

Date:	2005-11-11 17:42
Subject:	Gets right on my Wick
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful

Went out with Healthcall, a company that do domiciliary sight testing yesterday; first to a sheltered housing complex in Carntyne then a nursing home in East Kilbride.

The sheltered housing went quite well - the patients are all compus mentus although we did get the one old dear trying to tell us her life story when trying to get away as we were running late. Felt a bit crap cos I couldnt see heehaw when the optom let me do ophthalmoscopy, need to get better at that.

Had a pre-registration placement offer from Duncan and Todd...they're offering me a pre-reg in Elgin which is fine...but they want me to stay on once I'm qualified for a year in Wick of all places! Would give me £3000 incentive this January and I would get paid more than the average newly qualified in Wick. She also mentioned the possibility of every 3rd wknd off and flights to Edinburgh paid for or something...so undecided. Elgin would be great and I'd be happy in a small place but not a small place as far up as Wick lol..so we shall see. Quite fancy a change mind u.

Still havn't heard back from work, and I've got an interview for Gartnaval hospital on the 30th.

Things are looking up :D

Date:	2005-11-01 22:07
Subject:	tired
Security:	Public
Mood:	exhausted

Am sleepy.
Been for a lovely meal with work folk at Dragon-i opposite the Theatre Royal this evening, mostly paid for by bonus money wahey :)

Been seeing this Adam guy a couple of times, don't know where thats leading to as yet, or where I want it to lead, if anywhere.
Brain is too confuzzled.

Had a good couple of uni clinics recently but it still feels like one step forward 2 back. Contact lens clinic actually went well for once even if we did run out of time, and diabetic screening was very useful

Still waiting to hear back from work about a pre-reg place. looks like ill take it if offered as havnt got anything better lined up.

Great time had by all at Dave Dave and Dannys' halloween party on fri...my shoddy Dennis the Menace costume upstaged by Marks toothpaste tube, Kats porn princess, Andys Fagin and various others.

Am off to bed, knackered and wine does nasty things to my throat

Date:	2005-10-09 16:01
Subject:	cheerier
Security:	Public
Mood:	pleased

I'm feeling better now, think it was just the usual PMT magnifying my niggles.

 Dave Faith and I went to see the fabulous Belle and Sebastian at Castlemilk Community Centre (of all places) on saturday night and I sang along and danced like a spoon. It was great to see them in such an intimate venue (if u ignore the slight school disco atmosphere)and the played an excellent mixture of new tracks and stuff from the EPs and LPs...also Stevie Jacksons superb rendition of Subterranian Homesick Blues on request!


Also got my pay rise I asked for, so go me.

Date:	2005-10-05 21:03
Subject:	blues
Security:	Public
Mood:	distressed

Havn't posted for a whiley.
I'm so knackered.

Being back at uni nevermind being in 4th year is a rather big shock to the system after being a complete slacker over summer.
I've got clinics coming out my ears which are interesting but I feel like I've been smacked over the head with an acme anvil after every day. Its also slightly concerning me that optometry clinic is the one I dread the most given that thats generally what I'm here for. Trying to get a pre-reg place sorted out is also doing ma heid in esp when my classmates are getting interviews for companies that i also applied to and didnt hear back from. I'll get a place in the end but whether its somewhere i want or somewhere that'll just treat me like a refracting machine at the other end of the country is the problem though.

Add to this I've got my dissertation to worry about and I dont even know where to begin on that.
*cries*

Date:	2005-09-04 22:34
Subject:	Hi-De-Hi campers
Security:	Public
Mood:	content

On friday evening Kirsty, Andy, Spiky, Danny, Dave Faith and Kirsty's bro Andrew and I lade ourselves with more baggage and equipment than u would find in the hold of a boeing 747 and staggered by foot, train, ferry and taxi to a campsite in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Having stupidly paid our dosh we realised our pitch would be less than ideal when we noticed the "camping area" was a slope hemmed in and overlooked by static caravans on all sides. it was also observed that we had one less tent space than the number in the party. However Andrew was unpertrubed and sneakily unrolled his sleeping bag behind the pool table in the convieniently unlocked games room.
    Pitching up went remarkably smoothly and soon the bevvying could begin. Failing to find a suitable beachtype area to consume an alcoholic beverage or 7 we plumped on an area of woodland in the (worryingly) near vicinity of  a rather posh hotel and  had  an enjoyable few hours sitting on our haunches, getting jabbed by holly and listening to tunes whilst getting acceptably merry.
    The next day breakfast (stewed tea made in cut-off 'bru cans) was accompanied by the melodious sound of Spikey shaving some part of her anatomy in her tent with a ladyshaver much to our amusement. Bacon rolls and drinkable tea followed in a cafe on the sea front before a round of putting- 18 holes and a bonus round of a free-for-all sprint to the hole while only being allowed to putt with one hand, standing on one leg. The regulars didnt seem too impressed at our juvenile antics., nor did the seagulls, who danny spent a long time trying to sneak up on to get a good shot with his SLR.
    In the afternoon we bussed it along to the beautiful bay of Kerrycroy and in the glorious weather spent the afternoon swimming sunbathing BBQ-ing and playing rounders, and bevvying. We continued this last activity once the sun had gone down with a pub crawl around Rothesays finest drinking establishments; Danny and Dave consuming large quantities of Leffe and suffering considerably the next day.
    Dave's complaints of "I don't feel well" and "I want to lie down in a darkened room" well heard at regular 10 minute intervals throughout sunday, when we went to Mount Stuart; a stately home owned by the Marquess of Bute. The architechture, workmanship and decoration were outstanding and the beautiful house has been passed down in the family since the late 1800s. However according to Andrew the current Marquess, Johnny, is apparently a racing driver who has massive parties at the house and is spending the family fourtune (and probably our entrance fee) on cocaine. The tour guide strangely neglected to tell us about this. Danny and Dave spent most of the tour perving on a girl they christened Charlotte and whom Dave deemed hot enough to "get her ass mongered." We strolled on back to Kerrycroy for another hour in the sun and were entertained by Spikeys escape attempts from a wasp that was particularly enamoured with her bottle of magners.
    The weekend drew to a close with fish an chips on the ferry as us happy campers made our way back to Glasgow.

Date:	2005-08-21 21:50
Subject:	vodka+wine = carnage
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired

That is the longest-lasting hangover I have endured for a long time. And it's all thanks to mark and his birthday night out at Vegas on the Renfrew Ferry last night.

It all started at the CCA for civilized drinks in the bar downstairs. We (mark, kat, patrick, christina, danny and I) then moved to the terrace upstairs, forgetting to pay the bar tab on the way. Luckily for the bar but sadly for us they tracked us down before we left.

We taxied on down to the Ferry  all dressed up to the nines where we were joined by Kirsty and Andy...the guys looking sharp in their suits and assorted hats and magicians gloves; us girls with a variety of classy dresses, feather boas and an air of sophistication. (or so we liked to believe). A great night ensued involving gambling fake money at the casino tables, dancing the night away to swing, jazz and rock n roll, and generally soaking up the atmosphere - and the drink.

The night seemed to end far too short for everyones liking so we proceeded to dannys and had an encounter with a dead mouse as we came through the door. Danwell had some scheme to hide it in Davy Reeces room but this was promptly quashed on hygiene grounds. So much for the after-party: kirsty, andy, patrick and myself KO'd immediately we had our bums on the sofa. Mark and Christina kindly took me home with them in their taxi (in which i very nearly incurred the £20 spewing fine).

Woke up at 10am and felt horrendous, threw up, managed to force down paracetamol, went back to bed where i stayed til about 4.30pm...the hangover still hadnt fully waned by the time we had tea at tchia ovna.

The moral of the story is, wine and vodka in large quanitiies the night before does not bode well for an enjoyable sunday...*cries*

Im sure mark will stick up his excellent photographic record of the shenanigans soon enough.

Date:	2005-08-11 00:32
Subject:	hooray
Security:	Public
Mood:	giddy

after far too many months of attending the uisge beathe pub quiz of a wednesday, we finally hit the £280 jackpot thanks to Davey Reece and his amazing keepyuppy skills.

all hail the mini table tennis champion!
YASSS :D

Date:	2005-08-08 22:33
Subject:	cream puff
Security:	Public
Mood:	grumpy

This is decidedly shite. Why is it the second u get the slightest hint of the "I wouldn't mind having a boyfriend just now. just if the occaison arose" feeling; all and sundry seem to be out galavanting with their shiny new partners. or not so shiny and new partners. but still, rubbing it in that lynsey cannot find a guy. mark has a date tmrw, other friends are happily shagging and to cap it all i find out my ex has a new burd as well :(

i should really stop being so bloody picky and feeling sorry for myself, but in the meantime i will sit in the corner and sulk.
*pouts*

Date:	2005-08-04 21:47
Subject:	oh! suit you sir!
Security:	Public
Mood:	calm

I have now become an adult. I have purchased a suit. It is a beautiful charcoal grey number from Zara so now I can bulshitt my way through any number of interviews and the like because I look (but don't necessarily know) like I know what I'm talking about.

Its all been a bit quiet of late, nothing much of excitement going on. Made a few return trips to the cathouse recently and had a cracking time, mainly thanks to Roz and Christina but this could well just be the novelty of having not been in ages.

The kindly markno1 has fixed my broadband connection so I'm cooking with gas now. He owes me a favour for texting our landline drunkanly by mistake at 3 am last night causing the phone to ring and me to get out my nice warm bed thinking there was some big disaster. However listening to the automated voice read out "By the way I didn't get into some pure shite club. This sucks baws" in a posh english accent made it worthwhile. This service as a source or mirth is seriously underused.

This, along with the drunkan msg recieved from Roz on the same night of "Hey u guys kick ass in the quiz pub? obv i'm not there, in edin and trolleyed work tomo doesn't seen great head! hope up good x" (sic) implies that none of my friends can be entrusted with complicated bits of technology in such a state of inebriation.

Date:	2005-07-28 22:25
Subject:	tasty.
Security:	Public
Mood:	disgusted

Mark and I just watched the first of a series of Channel 4 Dispatches documentaries called Supermarket Secrets which expose modern food production methods. I am delighted this topic has now been highlighted on the TV as it will increase peoples awareness of what theyre eating and how it came to be produced.

Over the past year or so I have become much more aware of what I'm eating, after having read "Not on the Label - what really goes into the food on your plate" by Felicity Lawrence. This discussed modern food production methods of all types of foodstuffs, from meat to coffee to prepacked bags of salad. This has influenced me to the point where I now very rarely shop in supermarkets, am just about vegetarian, try to avoid processed food and buy organic when I can (afford it).
All this may sound either yuppy or new-agy but after having learned about how most of the food we eat is produced, prepared and distributed I would imagine, and certainly hope, that people would change their habits too and so i welcome this series of programmes.

Let hope this starts to move us away from being a nation that eats salads that are washed in chlorine, that spends £1 in every £8 in British shops in Tesco and that eats chicken that has been bred to reach the age of slaughter in 40 days, bred to put on so much weight so quickly its legs cannot support it, fed full of antibiotics, kept in a broiler house which packs them in so tight the birds have no space to move and the risk of disease is enormous, and once killed pumped full of water and proteins to hold the water in - in some case proteins which have proved to come from cows.

Bon Appetite.